🤝 Transitioning our economy

We’re establishing a Just Transition Commission to advise Scottish Government ministers on how to speed up the adjustment to a greener, more sustainable economic model, which will also help to tackle inequality and poverty, and promote a fair and inclusive jobs market.

🖼 Empowering communities to take action

We launched the Climate Challenge Fund to encourage communities across Scotland to take action on climate change, through providing funding for community-led projects which lead to measurable reductions of carbon emissions.

🌍 Setting the example on the world stage

Climate change is the defining challenge of our times and requires action at all levels of government, civic society and business worldwide.

We’re cooperating with partners around the world to share our experience of setting ambitious targets and our progressive low-carbon policies.

👀 Meanwhile, the Tories want to take the UK backward

Reckless Tory policies are continuing to damage the environment. This UK Tory government supports fracking – which harms species, causes disruption and threatens to contaminate soil – and presides over a tax hike on solar power, while the richest in society are getting a tax cut.

The Tories have also presided over cuts to renewable energy and reductions in research into green technologies, as Brexit continues to paralyse the UK government.

After declaring a climate emergency, Scotland will continue to listen to scientists and the voices of the next generation.

As the need for urgent climate action is clearer than ever, the UK government must follow Scotland’s footsteps and step up to the challenge.